S-1

Isaac Stern Live, Vol. 2

CD-1:
4-7. Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 [13:00]

Isaac Stern (Violin)

Doremi DHR-8128/9

Feb 13, 1953

2-CD / TT: 158:39

Recorded at Salle Gaveau, Paris, France.
Listen on YouTube:
2-CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 27 Tracks; TT: 159:06]
Sonata for solo violin No. 1 BWV 1001: Complete Work [13:01[
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SV-1

Isaac Stern Plays Bach Sonata No.1

Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: Adagio & Fugue [8:53]

Isaac Stern (Violin)

YouTube

Apr 1, 1965

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live in Paris, France. Broadcast by Arte.
Watch on YouTube:
Sonata for solo violin No. 1 BWV 1001: Adagio & Fugue [8:53] | Adagio [3:55] | Fugue [4:57] | Complete Concert [26:45]

S-2

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 99; Brahms: String Quintet No. 2, Op. 111; Bach: Partita No. 1, BWV 1002

9. Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: Sarabande - Double [3:50]

Isaac Stern (Violin)

Sony Classical
Sony Classical SK-92740
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Mar 12, 1985

CD / TT: 78:26
CD / TT: 78:26
MP3 / TT: 77:37

Recorded in Kaplan Space at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York,. USA.
Producers: Steven Epstein, Georg Fassbinder, Thomas Frost, Thomas Z. Shepard; Technical Supervisors: Hank Altman, Tim Wood, Billy Rothschild; Engineers: Buddy Graham, Fred Plaut, Todd Whitelock; Assistant Engineer, Editing Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Ellen Fitton; Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Reissue Engineer: Charles Harbutt; Editing Engineers: Darcy M. Proper, Editing Engineer: Robert F. Wolff; Reissue Engineer: Miguel Kertsman.
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SV-2

Isaac Stern Masterclass, Bach Chaconne, Carmelo de los Santos

Isaac Stern giving a masterclass on J.S. Bach's Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1002 [23:03]

Carmelo de los Santos (age 17) (Violin)

YouTube

1994

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live in Hebraica, São Paulo, Brazil.
Watch on YouTube:
Master-class: Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1002: Chaconne [23:03]

SV-3

Isaac Stern - Bach: Chaconne
Isaac Stern playing Bach's Chaconne in D minor for solo violin Single File

Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1002: Chaconne [14:49]

Isaac Stern (Violin)

YouTube

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Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed at..
Watch on YouTube:
Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1002: Chaconne [14:49] | Chaconne [14:43]

Recordings of Chamber Works

H-1

Bach: Partita in E minor; Sonata in G minor; Sonata No 3 in E major
Bach: Violin Sonatas BWV 1016, 1020, 1023; Handel, Tartini: Violin Sonatas (Isaac Stern A Life in Music, Vol. 23)

Side 1:
1. Sonata for violin & continuo in E minor, BWV 1023 [CD-1: 9:59; CD-2: 9:59]
2. Sonata for violin & keyboard in G minor, BWV 1020 [CD-1: 10:08; CD-2: 10:06]
Side 2:
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016 [CD-1: 18:59; CD-2: 18:57]

Isaac Stern (Violin); Alexander Zakin (Piano)

1. Philips A-01126-L
2. Philips ABL-3011
3. Columbia Odyssey Y-35224
11. Sony ML-4862
12. Sony Classical ‎SMK-68361

BWV 1023: Aug 6, 1952
BWV 1020: Mar 6, 1952
BWV 1016: Aug 6, 1953

LP / TT:
LP / TT:
LP / TT:
CD / TT: 39 min
CD / TT: 64:57
MP3 / TT: 63:43

Recorded at CBS 30^th Street Studios, New York City, New York, USA.
Original Producer: Howard H. Scott; Reissue Producer: Arthur M. Fierro.
Listen on YouTube:
CD-1: Complete Album [Sequence; 11 Tracks; TT: 39:17]
CD-2: Complete Album [Sequence; 19 Tracks; TT: 64:01]
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Recordings of Orchestral Works

O-1

Isaac Stern Plays Bach at the Prades Festival (Vol. 7) [PA-10]

Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [17:45]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [17:43]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [16:23]
Trio Sonata for flute, violin & continuo in G major, BWV 1038 [9:58]

Pablo Casals

Prades Festival Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin) [All]; Marcel Tabuteau (Oboe) [BWV 1060R]; Alexander Schneider (Violin) [BWV 1043]; Eugene Istomin (Piano) [BWV 1038]; John Wummer (Flute) [BWV 1038]

Columbia Masterworks ML-4351
Sony G010004265651I
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Jun 6-16, 1950

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 61 min
MP3 / TT: 61:51

Recorded at Bach Festival, Prades, France.
BWV 1041, 1043, 1060R: also on [PA-3], [PA-4].
BWV 1041, 1060R also on [PA-5].
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O-2

Vivaldi: Double Concerto; Bach: Violin Concertos 1 and 2 [LP] [O-1]
Mendelssohn / Mozart / Bach, J.S.: Violin Concertos [CD] [O-1]

4-6. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [LP: 15:22]
7-9. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [LP: 17:30; CD: 17:39]

Eugene Ormandy

Philadelphia Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin) [BWV 1041]; David Oistrakh (Violin) [BWV 1042]

Columbia Masterworks ML-5087
Philips A-01239-L
Naxos Historical 8.111246

Dec 24, 1955

LP / TT: 44 min
LP / TT: 44 min
CD / TT: 70:18

Recorded at Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
1^st recording of Violin Concerto No. 2 BWV 1042 by D. Oistrakh.
Other releases:
Columbia ML-5087 (LP) / Columbia MG-33328 (LP) / Philips A01239L (LP) / Philips G-05650 (10") / Melodiya M10-46429 (LP).
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 9 Tracks; TT: 44:24]
Buy this album at:
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O-3

Bach: Concertos

1-3. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [LP: 15:23; CD: 15:37]
4-6. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [LP: 18:50; CD: 19:05]
10-12. Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [LP: 16:55; CD: 17:07]

BWV 1041: Isaac Stern
BWV 1042, 1060R: Leonard Bernstein

BWV 1041: Members of London Symphony Orchestra
BWV 1042, 1060R: Members of New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin) [All]; Harold Gomberg (Oboe) [BWV 1060R]; Leonard Bernstein (Harpsichord) [BWV 1060R]

Columbia Masterworks ML-6949
CBS S-72531
CBS ‎CBS-61573
CBS CBS 61940
Sony Classical 886448322429

BWV 1041: Jun 1966
BWV 1042, 1060R: Feb 7 & 16, 1966

LP / TT: 51:08
LP / TT: 51:08
LP / TT: 51:08
LP / TT: 51:08
CD / TT: 51:49

BWV 1041: Recorded in London, England.
BWV 1042, 1060R: Recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, New York City, New York, USA.
Producers: John McClure, Thomas Frost.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 9 Tracks; TT: 51:58]

OV-1

Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 (Isaac Stern) Full Video

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [15:46]

Isaac Stern

English Chamber Orchestra (Members of London Symphony Orchestra)

Isaac Stern (Violin)

YouTube

Jun 1966

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at...
Probably the same performace as [O-3]
Watch on YouTube:
Violin Concerto No. 1 BWV 1041: Complete Work [15:46] | Part 1 [5:34]

O-4

Bach: Double Violin Concerto & Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 [O-7]

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [18:50]

Alexander Schneider

English Chamber Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin)

CBS MY-38487
CBS 42217
CBS ‎MYK-38487
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Feb 17, 1976

LP / TT:
LP / TT:
CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 58:55

Recorded at CBS Studios, London, England.
Producer: Andrew Kadzin, Paul Myers.
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Music Download: Amazon.com

O-5

Bach: Double Concerto, BWV 1043; Violin Concertos, BWV 1041 & 1042 [CD] [O-2]
Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration From Lincoln Center
Live From Lincoln Center - Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman [VHS] [O-2]

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [16:11]

Zubin Mehta

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin); Itzhak Perlman (Violin)

CBS Records 38487
Sony Classical
Sony Classical
Paramount Home Video

Sep 24, 1980

CD / TT: 50:04
CD / TT: 71:47
CD / TT: 68:26
VHS / TT:

Recorded live at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Complete Concert [114:05]
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3^rd CD (1995): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com
VHS: Amazon.com

O-9

Huberman Week Festival 30th Anniversary: Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Sibelius & Bartok [4-CD] [O-2]
Huberman Festival 1982: Vivaldi, Bach & Mozart [2-CD] [O-2]

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 [20:24; not on DGG]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [17:10]

Zubin Mehta

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

BWV 1043: Isaac Stern (Violin); Shlomo Mintz (Violin)
BWV 1051: Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Benyamini (Violas)

Helicon 02-9667
Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence 4822728

Dec 13-19, 1982

4-CD / TT: 292:24
2-CD / TT: 104:01

Recorded live at the Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Video: Directed by Allan Miller.The Elkins Organization and Le'An Films Production, in association with Allan Miller.
Watch on YouTube:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 BWV 1051 + Vivaldi [32:15]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 BWV 1051: Allegro [7:31]
Listen on YouTube:
DGG 2-CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 21 Tracks; TT: 104:07]
Buy this album at:
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DGG 2-CD (2017): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

O-6

J.S. Bach/Vivaldi: Concerti for 2 Violins; J.S. Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe [O-4]

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [LP: 16:33; CD: 16:36]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [LP: 15:37; CD: 15:42]

Pinchas Zukerman

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin) [BWV 1043]; Pinchas Zukerman (Violin) [All]; Richard Killmer (Oboe) [BWV 1060R]
Layton James (Harpsichord)

CBS Masterworks ‎IM-37278
CBS Masterworks ‎MK-37278

1982

LP / TT: 44:39
CD / TT: 44:46
MP3 / TT: 44:44

Recorded in O'Shaughnessy Auditorium of the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Producer: Steve Epstein; Engineer: Bud Graham, Hank Altman.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 9 Tracks; TT: 44:53]
Buy this album at:
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Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

OV-2

Isaac Stern plays Bach & Mozart

0:00: J.S. Bach: Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: Mvt. 2 [6:07]
W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 K.216:
06:07: Mvt. 2: Adagio
14:10​: Mvt. 3: Rondo-Allegro

Isaac Stern

Chamber orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin)

YouTube

May 1996

Video / TT: 23:47

Recorded & filmed live at the 1^st Miyazaki International Chamber Music Festival at Medkit Arts Center (former Miyazaki Prefectural Art Theater), Miyazaki, Japan.
Watch on YouTube:
Complete Concert [23:47]

O-7

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 60th Anniversary Gala Concert [O-1]

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [16:34]

Zubin Mehta

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin); Gil Shaham (Violin)

EuroArts 2012744
RCA Victor Red Seal 09026-68768-2

Dec 26, 1996

Blu-ray Disc / TT: 94 min
2-CD / TT: 98:15

Recorded at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel.
A&R [Direction]: Rick Hoffenberg; Art Direction [For RCA Victor]: J.J. Stelmach; Directed by [Director]: Bob Coles; Engineer: Toine Mertens; Producer [Audio]: Stan Taal; Producer [Video]: Paul Smaczny.
Watch on YouTube:
Double Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043: Complete Work [17:32]
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O-8

J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041/42; Double Concerto, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violinn and Oboe BWV 1060 (A Life in Music, Vol. 2)

1-3. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [15:54]
4-6. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [18:55]
7-9. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [16:11]
10-12. Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [15:03]

BWV 1041-1042: Alexander Schneider
BWV 1043: Zubin Mehta
BWV 1060R: Leonard Bernstein

BWV 1041-1042: English Chamber Orchestra
BWV 1043, 1060R: New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin) [All]; Itzhak Perlman (Violin) [BWV 1043]; Leonard Bernstein (Harpsichord) [BWV 1060R]; Harold Gomberg (Oboe) [BWV 1060R]

Sony Classical SK-93017
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Sony Classical SMK-66471
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BWV 1041-1042: Feb 17, 1976
BWV 1043: Sep 24, 1980
BWV 1060R: February 7, 1966

CD / TT: 71:54
MP3 / TT: 71:41
CD / TT: 68:26
MP3 / TT: 67:59

BWV 1041-1042: Recorded at CBS Studios, London, England.
Producer: Paul Myers.
BWV 1043: Recorded live at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA.
Producer: Andrew Kadzin.
BWV 1060R: Recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, New York City, New York, USA.
Producer: John McClure.
Reissue Producer: Louise De La Fuente; Reissue Engineer: Richard King; Reissue Editors: Richard King, Shane Bryanton.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 12 Tracks; TT: 68:10]
Buy this album at:
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Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD-2 (1995): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
Music Dowbnload: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk

Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

A-1

J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, W.F. Bach, J.C.F. Bach: Trio Sonatas
Trio Sonatas of Telemann and the Bach Family (A Life in Music, Vol. 16)

Musical Offering BWV 1079: Trio Sonata [18:01]

Jean-Pierre Rampal (Flute); Isaac Stern (Violin); Leslie Parnas (Cello); John Steele Ritter (Harpsichord)

CBS Masterworks CD-37813
Sony Classical SMK-64509
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Aug 1981

CD / TT: 65:21
CD / TT: 65:30
MP3 / TT: 63:59

Recorded at RCA Studio A, New York City, New York, USA.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 20 Tracks; TT: 64:19]
Buy this album at:
CD (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2009): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
12-CD: Amazon.com [Box Set]

Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1

Alban : Kammerkonzert - Violin Concerto [LP; CD-1]
Berg: Violin Concerto; Chamber Concerto (Isaac Stern A Life in Music, Vol. 11) [CD-2]
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto ‘To The Memory Of An Angel’; Béla Bartók: Rhapsody No.2 Sz.80, Violin Concerto Sz.112 [SACD]

1-2. A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [LP: 25:18; CD-1: 25:17; CD-2: 25:34; SACD: 25:19]

Leonard Bernstein

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Isaac Stern (Violin)

CBS Masterworks M-42139
CBS Masterworks ‎MK-42139
Sony Classical SMK-64504
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Praga Digitals ‎PRD/DSD-350099

Dec 6, 1959 [CD-2] or Feb 6, 1959 [SACD]

LP / TT: 66:11
CD / TT:
CD / TT: 62:44
MP3 / TT: 62:38
SACD / TT: 73:16

Recorded at the Manhattan Center, New York City, New York, USA.
LP: Engineer: Tony Faulkner.
CD-1: Producer: Steven Epstein; Producers: John McClure & Howard Scott; Re-mixing: Steven Epstein & Tim Geelan.
CD-2: Digital Producer: Louise de la Fuente; Digital Engineer: Richard King.
DSD mastered from live broadcast sources.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 13 Tracks; TT: 62:25] | Complete Album [Sequence; 13 Tracks; TT: 62:51]
Buy this album at:
CD-1 (1989): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD-1 (1989): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
CD-2 (1995): Amazon.com
CD-2 (1995): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (1995): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
SACD (2013): Amazon.com | Amazon.de

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (March 2021 - April 2021)

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